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Butler County Jail

County jailOvercrowded (147%)ModerateHigh
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Butler County Jail is a county jail located in Butler County, Kentucky. Rated capacity: 36. Reported population: 53. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

36

Current population

53

Occupancy

147%

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

Kentucky

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

A federal court case record documents that an inmate, Leroy Owens, was beaten with a metal pipe, stabbed with a screwdriver, and left in a pool of blood in a common room at the Butler County Jail.

Contact & address

112 N Warren Street, Morgantown 42261
(270) 526-3505
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

17/100
Moderate concern17/100
Overcrowding
12/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Operating at 147% of design capacity
  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 17. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 15 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 147% · peers avg: 93% (+59%)
Capacity (beds)this: 36 · peers avg: 547 (93%)

Reports

  • propublica30 Sept 2019

    es beat Leroy Owens with a metal pipe; stabbed him with a screwdriver; kicked, stomped and punched him; and left him in a pool of blood in a common room on the second floor of the Butler County Jail in Alabama’s Black Belt. Owens described the events of that evening in a recent interview, and they are laid out in detail in the records of the federal court case he and a fellow inmate who was also

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Data completeness

66%

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@misc{worldprisons-butler-county-jail,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Butler County Jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/butler-county-jail},
  urldate = {2026-10-22}
}